DHSI Seminar: Wednesday 12th December
The next Digital Heath Interschool Seminar will take place on Wednesday 12th December in Seminar Room 1 in the School of Medicine.
Research
PhD viva success: Julian Petford
Congratulations to Julian Petford, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with internal examiner Professor Aaron Quigley and external examiner Dr Jason Alexander, from Lancaster University. Julian’s PhD research in Full Coverage Displays for Non-Immersive Applications was supervised by Dr Miguel Nacenta. Image courtesy of Wendy Boyter
PhD viva success: Simone Conte
Congratulations to Simone Conte, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with supervisors Professor Al Dearle and Dr Graham Kirby, Internal examiner Professor Simon Dobson and external examiner Professor Paul Watson, from Newcastle University. Images courtesy of Ryo Yanagida
Dr Roy Dyckhoff: A Eulogy
A Service of Thanksgiving was held at St Salvator’s Chapel on Saturday in memory of Roy Dyckhoff who died in hospital in September. The service included a eulogy composed and delivered by Head of School Professor Simon Dobson. Since his death I’ve been fascinated to hear how others saw Roy — and how their views … Dr Roy Dyckhoff: A Eulogy
Distinguished Speaker Program Tour (Indonesia): Professor Aaron Quigley
Professor Quigley will engage in a lecture tour to three cities in Indonesia in March 2019 as part of the Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The DSP brings together international thought leaders from academia, industry, and government. Professor Quigley will speak at the 5th International HCI and UX Conference which will travel to Jakarta, Surabaya … Distinguished Speaker Program Tour (Indonesia): Professor Aaron Quigley
Bridging the Gap between Formal Argumentation and Actual Human Reasoning
Later this week Dr Alice Toniolo will be an invited speaker at “Bridging the Gap between Formal Argumentation and Actual Human Reasoning” taking place at the Institute for Philosophy II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Her talk will focus on argumentation-based support for human sensemaking of conflicting information. See abstract below for more information. Abstract: Models of argumentation … Bridging the Gap between Formal Argumentation and Actual Human Reasoning
An Academic’s Observations from a Sabbatical at Google
Professor Adam Barker is featured in this month’s Communications of the ACM Magazine (CACM) discussing his recent Visiting Faculty appointment at Google. The Viewpoints article summarises his experiences working in software engineering on the Borgmaster team, and some of the core lessons which can be brought back to academia. Borg is Google’s cluster management framework, … An Academic’s Observations from a Sabbatical at Google
National University of Singapore
Professor Aaron Quigley has been appointed a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Smart Systems Institute in the National University of Singapore. As part of his next sabbatical Aaron will spend 6 months in the Creating Unique Technology for Everyone (CUTE) centre in Singapore [Video]. He will be collaborating with researchers there on next generation interfaces, … National University of Singapore
Science and Innovation mission to Japan
This week Professor Quigley joined a mission to Japan with other academics from the University of Oxford, Edinburgh, UCL and Manchester. The week long event was organised by the UK’s Science and Innovation team in Japan, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Over five days the delegation visited and presented at seven companies along … Science and Innovation mission to Japan
Global Human Computer Interaction at World Usability Day Estonia
Professor Quigley will be a distinguished speaker at the World Usability Day in Tallinn, Estonia this November as part of the ACM DSP. Aaron was appointed to the Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) earlier this year. The DSP brings together international thought leaders from academia, industry, and government. In Estonia, Aaron will present a talk on … Global Human Computer Interaction at World Usability Day Estonia